Looking for a reliable Z97 ATX mobo

[TheRower]

This one has most of the bells and whistles I need, including S/PIDF output, ATX form factor, multiple physical 16x slots and generally all black/mostly black finish.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xud3hbk

 

I'm planning to have a 280x and 7970 GHz in Cross fire until I buy a future current gen card and my mATX mobo just can't fit 2 cards plus my Noctua NH-D14.

 

Any other suggestions in this price point ($199 CAD/$150 USD), or any complaints about this one specifically?

 

-Thanks

[Aytex]

for 150$ i would say msi gaming 5 is the most solid mobo

That or the asus-a (if it fits your price range)

 

Both are SOLID for the price

[thekeemo]

if its MSI ASUS or EVGA it gets a vote of confidence from me

[TheRower]

for 150$ i would say msi gaming 5 is the most solid mobo

That or the asus-a (if it fits your price range)

I've been debating over that, I have the Z97m from MSI now and I can't complain about performance but its just too small right now.

Thanks for the input.

[Aytex]

I've been debating over that, I have the Z97m from MSI now and I can't complain about performance but its just too small right now.

Thanks for the input.

[d3sl91]

This one has most of the bells and whistles I need, including S/PIDF output, ATX form factor, multiple physical 16x slots and generally all black/mostly black finish.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xud3hbk

 

I'm planning to have a 280x and 7970 GHz in Cross fire until I buy a future current gen card and my mATX mobo just can't fit 2 cards plus my Noctua NH-D14.

 

Any other suggestions in this price point ($199 CAD/$150 USD), or any complaints about this one specifically?

 

-Thanks

MSI Gaming 5/7 Gigabyte Gaming 5/7 or the one you posted. 

[TheRower]

How about the Sabertooth Mark2? Does that still receive a vote of confidence, cause I prefer the colour scheme on it. Its a little less in your face about its beige.

[TheRower]

LOL ya that was me for the past few days for sure!

[Aytex]

How about the Sabertooth Mark2? Does that still receive a vote of confidence, cause I prefer the colour scheme on it. Its a little less in your face about its beige.

yea mark 2 is solid, go for it if it fits your price range

[TheSLSAMG]

I'm extremely happy with my Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7, so I'd recommend it naturally. It's $10 CAD higher than your budget, but it's a great looking board and it has been nothing but stable for me.

[TheRower]

Just realized the Debug led was a big plus on my MSI Z97M. I'm looking the Asus Hero VII open box on newegg for $160 CAD. Good buy?

[TheRower]

I'm extremely happy with my Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7, so I'd recommend it naturally. It's $10 CAD higher than your budget, but it's a great looking board and it has been nothing but stable for me.

That's a real nice looking board with everything I need, Ill keep it in mind!

[MrJBravo]

Check out the Z97-AR from ASUS bought mine back in March for $150USD finally got my system built 2 weeks ago. So far its been really stable, on a stock cooler I was able to overclock my 4790k to 4.4GHz across all 4 cores @1.125V on a stock intel cooler (saving for an H100i GTX) seems to be running stable so far.

 

Was able to validate it on CPU-Z http://valid.x86.fr/q23kbb

and scored an 877 on Cinebench r15

[App4that]

I have that exact motherboard and love it. The included braided sata cables are a nice tough and really look nice through a side window. The board is built like a brick shit house too.